Cupcakes' Surly Cross Check

I just got the SP-8 laced to Sputnik rim with B+M lights/gubbins for £240 all in from Spa Cycles... best deal around by far and unlike the edelux can be used to charge your smartphone/gps via USB too. Ordered on Wednesday and delivered today-pretty chuffed!

Nice one. I know it is a stonking deal. But I really wanted the edelux. Aesthetics driven :-) I figure I'm allowed one non-vulcan choice on the build!

Anyway, you off touring on it?

yeah the edelux looks much nicer-I was seduced by the ability to charge my stuff without forking out for a separate charger though.

The wide rim/dynamo makes for a solid wheel eh? Probably the heaviest wheel I've ever wheeled upon.

hopefully away touring yes... nothing exciting, just a couple of days before my course starts next week i reckon, up to Aviemore and back around via some lochs. I'd wanted to go up to Skye/Harris but i don't know if I'll have time and I've still got a few bits of kit to sort out!

I have some with silver blades but I could rattle can them for you if you want ;)

Meantime if anyone knows a source for tektro RL520 levers in black/black for maximum stealth points, do shout!

Condor have them, but with their branding. I have them on my CC.

Excellent, thank you.

£17 from SJS?

Using the same on my Pompetamine. You'll need an extra long 5mm to fit them. A standard one is unlikely to work. I had to use the long end of an allen set similar to these

Wheels will soon be done. Just got tk order spokes and drop them off with the builder. A new set of bars and some fat inner tubes just arrived too.

Just collected my wheels from @arup

Once sjs has edelux ii back in stock I'll be ordering one, along with tyres and a few last bits and bobs.

How's that front light holding up for you? Edelux are still out of stock at sjs so my mind has wandered back to maybe getting the b&m. I've heard its not so reliable in the rain though.

I have a Supernova E3 Pro front+rear set up I bought of Jammy a few months back, haven't ended up using it since picking up the Revo. Selling it on with a good fellow-Cross Check-rider discount if you're interested...

The edelux were on offer at Spa Cycles, maybe worth giving them a shout?

I've only used the B+M a couple of times as I now need a new BB because chainline/barends/shiftingnightmare but was pretty awesome-I went along an unlit cycle path to the nearest pub a few miles away and the difference between battery operated regular LED cree style lights and the flood/intensity you get from the dynamo is fantastic, felt like it could have been a motorbike headlight so I'm happy and it will charge all my gubbins too :D

Not heard anything about water ingress-the only thing I don't like is the plastic case and the metal bracket to mount it to the frame feels a bit vulnerable. I'm pretty sure if there was a crash or any kind of lateral impact it would just sheer off where the mount joins the plastic.

I've PM'd you...

yeah SJS have the first edition on offer too... I should have clarified I'm planning on the edelux 2 since it looks to have a better shaped beam and a bit more brightness. Spa might have the newer ones in too, though - I'll have a look.

Thanks for the feedback on the B&M. Glad it's working out for you. I can't remember where I read about the water ingress issues. One of the many forum threads or blog posts out there I guess; it wasn't 'on here'. Hopefully it's something that was a one-off issue, or has been fixed.

Just caved; I can't stand my own faffing about anymore. Found a stockist of the edelux 2 in Germany and got going.

The following has been bought:

Now I just need to choose mudguards and I'm all set.

(Probably Bluemels)

It gonna be so nice not having to charge your light every now and then.

the auto sensor on the light is a nice little godsend when you go through tunnel/bridges.

Tell me about it! I'm currently using a hope vision 1 which needs new batteries pretty much evey ride.

Really? I usually milk a month of every use with the vision 1 at the lowest brightness.

Unless you rode entirely in darkness, then ignore this.

Yeah I'm.only using it for fully dark rides in rural Kent. It tends to manage about 4-5 hours at full beam, which isn't quite two rides.

The low intensity setting is great in town but not enough in the countryside proper.

Can understand that, I usually run low in the rural, with the drawback of having to ride a lots slower to compensate.

Keep the Hope Vision 1 on anyway, it can prove itself to be a worthy back-up if you says, got a puncture, or need a bit more lighting.

I'm probably selling a 56cm crosscheck frame as I've acquired a similar frame with a better top tube length. Is anyone interested before I make an ad? Brand new FSA Orbit headset installed, uncut steerer and with a tektro rear brake cable hanger. Dent on top tube, but not out of true or anything. Looking for £175 posted (what I paid).

I'd be interested...probably depending on the size of the dent though. Got a photo?

Good to see that you didn't buy the mini vees. I had a set on my Kaffenback, but due to problems with clearance changed them for the LX . The difference in quality between the two system was enormous. The mini vees were ok but not much better than decent cantilevers..